[nysbirds-l] Paving the Putnam trail in Vancortlandt Park

Commenting on a previous series of postings excerpted below. The "Putnam trail" is the old Putnam railroad right-of-way. It is a former railroad bed, covered originally with a substantial layer of traprock, crushed limestone. Steve Walter seems to have suggested that paving it will be

re:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park (and conservation)

> Re: Van Cortlandt Park > > Steve, Andrew, and concerned others, > > about the butterfly of course Steve is correct and knows much about status of > lepidoptera that flies by day & by night in our region. > > my 3 cents on this is, that we not go entirely with a "Spotted Owl" way of >

[nysbirds-l] Slaty-backed Gull, Buffalo Harbor

Anya Auerbach, Billy Kaselow, my father and I made the drive up to Buffalo today to chase the previously reported Slaty-backed Gull in Buffalo Harbor. After about two hours of scanning, we found the bird (my 600th!) on the spit opposite the concrete tower. It flew down the spit, giving us great

RE: [nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park

I should have thought of this before. Van Cortlandt Park has of one the few (maybe only) remaining populations of Silvery Checkerspot (butterfly) in the region. It has disappeared from Connecticut and New Jersey. I knew of a few populations in Westchester, but I believe these are gone. Even when

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 2/17

Sunday, 17 Feb., 2013 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Perhaps least common of the regularly-occuring species seen today was a drake Common Merganser (not at all common in N.Y. City, & less so in Central Park), photographed at the Meer. A few Rusty Blackbirds were also around, singles

[nysbirds-l] Cross off Red Crossbill !

The day finally came - I saw my FOS Red Crossbill...10 of them, in fact. How it came about, was the best part of the experience ! With 3, out of 4, Rockville Centre grandsons having basketball games yesterday(starting at 3 PM) I talked RuthAnn into going up island early, so I could try

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Geese at the Bronx Zoo?

Does anyone know if the Bronx Zoo has any Barnacle Geese in their collection now?  When I worked there in 05 they didn't but haven't been since then so don't know if they do now.  Was wondering because a friend just told me she had a flock of about 7 there last year and got photos of them.  She

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose still at Larchmont Reservoir

Just had the Barnacle Goose at Larchmont Reservoir off Weaver St.  in Larchmont with the usual collection of ducks and geese.   Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell:

[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park and Pelham Bay Park Report...

Yesterday our walk at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx yielded the following highlights: EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 seen just before the trail off the Parade Grounds that leads to the foot bridge along the golf course. In this same area, we had an unexpected *FIELD SPARROW*, which unfortunately took

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose still at Larchmont Reservoir

Just had the Barnacle Goose at Larchmont Reservoir off Weaver St.  in Larchmont with the usual collection of ducks and geese.   Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell:

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Geese at the Bronx Zoo?

Does anyone know if the Bronx Zoo has any Barnacle Geese in their collection now?  When I worked there in 05 they didn't but haven't been since then so don't know if they do now.  Was wondering because a friend just told me she had a flock of about 7 there last year and got photos of them.  She

[nysbirds-l] Cross off Red Crossbill !

The day finally came - I saw my FOS Red Crossbill...10 of them, in fact. How it came about, was the best part of the experience ! With 3, out of 4, Rockville Centre grandsons having basketball games yesterday(starting at 3 PM) I talked RuthAnn into going up island early, so I could try

re:[nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt Park (and conservation)

Re: Van Cortlandt Park Steve, Andrew, and concerned others, about the butterfly of course Steve is correct and knows much about status of lepidoptera that flies by day by night in our region. my 3 cents on this is, that we not go entirely with a Spotted Owl way of looking at

[nysbirds-l] Paving the Putnam trail in Vancortlandt Park

Commenting on a previous series of postings excerpted below. The Putnam trail is the old Putnam railroad right-of-way. It is a former railroad bed, covered originally with a substantial layer of traprock, crushed limestone. Steve Walter seems to have suggested that paving it will be hazardous